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Genocide of First Peoples in Australia still contested by federal government
People in the federal government remain divided over whether genocide took place...
Dechlan Brennan 17 Sep 2026
Bougainville President calls out 'terroristic acts of violence' at mine site
The Bougainville government has condemned an arson attack at a property of a for...
Andrew Mathieson 17 Sep 2026
NT Government accused of ignoring Aboriginal organisations over YiSSA relocation
The Northern Territory Government "ignored calls to engage with Aboriginal Commu...
Dechlan Brennan 17 Sep 2026
Child placement principle not the reason behind nationwide child protection failures
It is a "simplistic" and "racist" narrative that child protection failures natio...
Dechlan Brennan 17 Sep 2026
Labor's random search powers for police pledge slammed as 'copycat social policy'
A Victorian Government election commitment to give police and protective service...
Dechlan Brennan 16 Sep 2026
Fortescue to appeal $150m Yindjibarndi Native Title payout

Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest's Fortescue has become the latest party to appeal Australia's largest-ever Native Title compensation payout. In May, the Federal Court ordered the Western Australian resources...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 16, 2026
NT Government to move YiSSA residents from Darwin to Batchelor

The Northern Territory Government will move vulnerable people from Darwin's largest homeless shelter to a new transitional accommodation facility in Batchelor.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 16, 2026
One Nation ā€˜whips up the anger’ and tells Australians who to blame

Populist groups such as One Nation whip up anger and tell people who to blame, Jacqui Lambie has told Parliament, urging Australians to reject what she described as the divisive politics of Pauline Ha...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 16, 2026
Protectors of the Amazon strengthen their forest defence at activism convention

Indigenous voices of South America have demonstrated a range of activism and advocacy instruments and strategies to protect the Amazon rainforest and their territories.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 16, 2026
Indigenous youth and families to feel brunt of NSW bail law extension

Aboriginal children and families will suffer from the New South Wales government's "punitive" bail law extension, advocates say, as Labor argues the controversial laws are curbing youth crime.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 16, 2026
Pauline Hanson walks back 'deeply hurtful' comments with qualified apology

Pauline Hanson has somewhat u-turned on her highly criticised comments labelling Aboriginal ancestors the "most primitive race", saying she regrets offending people only ten minutes after saying she w...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 15, 2026
Exclusive: NSW Aboriginal Land Council hits back at ā€˜land grab’ media narrative

A contentious land rights bill is expected to pass the New South Wales Parliament this week amid growing media coverage over the state's 44,000 unresolved Aboriginal land claims, which the peak body r...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 15, 2026
Pauline Hanson slammed for 'dehumanising' attack on First Peoples

Far-right Senator Pauline Hanson has been condemned after making extraordinary and false statements describing Aboriginal people as "the most primitive race on Earth".

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 14, 2026
Angurugu community on Groote Eylandt sees six new homes completed

Six new homes have been completed in Angurugu on Groote Eylandt as part of the joint $4 billion, 10-year remote housing program between the Australian and Northern Territory governments.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 14, 2026
Federal Police find no discrimination or excessive force in Aboriginal teen’s mistaken arrest at gunpoint

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have cleared their officers of discrimination or using excessive force when they removed an Aboriginal teenager from an ACT bus at gunpoint.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 14, 2026
Melanesian countries look to ban Indonesia's regional status over delay of UN visit to West Papua

Melanesian leaders are stepping up pressure on Jakarta to facilitate a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights visit to West Papua.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 14, 2026
UN weather agency warns El NiƱo to impact Pacific forecast for the next six months

The World Meteorological Organisation has predicted intensifying El NiƱo climate conditions will bring exceptionally warmer tropical weather to the Pacific Ocean than is usual over the coming m...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 12, 2026
Advocates welcome move to decriminalise begging in Victoria

The decriminalisation of begging in Victoria is "long awaited and much needed", legal advocates say. This week, an amendment by Legalise Cannabis MP Rachel Payne repealing the offence of begging and g...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 11, 2026
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